Baggage-check



(No Model.)

' O. 0.- SMITH.

BAGGAGE CHECK.

Patented Apr. 29,1884.

niiim WITNESSES:

INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEYS UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE cAEsoN SMITH, OF OAMPTQWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAGGAGE-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,860, dated April29, 1884.

Application filed March 7, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLARENcE 0. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Oamptown, in the county of Bradford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaggage- Ghecks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which Figure l is a side view of my improvedchangeable baggage-check. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the rotary diskremoved. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through line a; w,

. showing the strap inserted in place; and Fig.

.Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of baggage-checks which areadapted to be changed so as to be used for a number of differentstations; and it consists in the construe tion and combination of partsof the changeable baggage-check, which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed-and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A is acircular disk, of brass or any othersuitable material, having a series of equidistant notches, a, in itsperiphery. Inserted through the center of the disk is a pin, B, theprojecting ends of which are inserted through oblong slots, 0. inparallel side plates, D, which are connectedto each other at oppositeends by plates E, which are cut so as to form lugs or projections G,adapted to engage the notches a in disk A. Both of the side plates, D,have curved slots H, so arranged that a portion of the disk may be seenthrough said slots; and

the disk is marked on both sides with the names of the stations on theroad or roads on which the check is to be used, said names beingarranged in curved spaces radiating from the center toward theperiphery, and the name-spaces on one side of the disk alternating with,or breaking joints with, the namespaces on the opposite side of the diskin the same manner as described in the specification forming part ofanother application filed by me for an improvement in changeablebaggage-checks, so that only one name will be exhibited in full throughits appropriate nameslot H at a time, thereby obviating mistake orconfusion in the use of the check. At opposite ends of the side plates,D, are slots I I, for the attachment of the strap J, by which the checkis attached to the piece of baggage to be checked 'or marked. I

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,the manner of using my improved changeable baggage-check will readily beunderstood. After the disk has been turned in its oblong bearings 0until the proper station-name appears in full through its appropriateslot, the disk is locked between the plates by pushing it up or downuntil one or more of the notches engage one or more of the fixed teethG. By then inserting the double ends of the strap through the transverseslot I, at the opposite end of the plates, as shown in Fig. 3, the diskwill be prevented from moving between the plates so as to disengage itsnotched periphery from the fixed teeth or projections with which itinterlocks, thus holding the disk firmly in place. In order to changethe name, the strap is withdrawn from its slot I, through which it isinserted, which permits the disk to be rotated until the new name isbrought opposite to, and appears through its appropriate name-slot H,when the disk is again locked in place between the side plates in themanner described.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the A my own I have hereunto affixed my signature 100in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE CARSON SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. RowE, J OHN G. OULvER.

